Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“WILKAT”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lennik · since 2014
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Meerhout · since 2011
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Weert · since 1980
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 1990
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Wavre · since 1998
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2023
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Ravels · since 1988
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Kippenkwekerijen · Pelt · since 2016
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Hasselt · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WILKO AUTOMOBIELEN · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Kippenkwekerijen · Halen · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Zutendaal · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Laakdal · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Stabroek · since 2008
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025